Touch illusion

Touch illusions are illusions that exploit the sense of touch.

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An example of a touch illusion is the contingent after-effect. When the thumb and forefinger are slid repeatedly along the edge of a wedge, a rectangular block then handled in the same manner will feel deformed.

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Moving with index and middle finger crossed along an edge feels like two parallel edges.

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If a person is laying on on his/her stomach with arms stretched in front and another person raises his/her arms about 2 feet off of the ground and holds them there for approximately one minute, with the person on the ground having his/her eyes closed and head hanging, then slowly lowers the arms to the ground, it will feel as if their arms are going below the ground.

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Another is a physiological illusion where with one hand immersed in cold water and the other in hot and then both in lukewarm, the lukewarm water will feel both hot and cold.

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